HaSY Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine God Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Good words to live by! They sound a bit like Melville. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interrogator Stobz Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Cool, thanks for sharing :tu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Blaire Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Sounds somewhat familiar (although it would to me, since this is part of what I based some of my Stoneburners mythos around): "Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit into Sightblinder's eye on the Last Day." - Aiel Oath (Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time) Then again, most quotes about fighting on to the bitter end likely involve similar wording. I give the Lion big :tu: :tu: on the quote. I like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depthcharge12 Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Manly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother-Sergeant Bohemond Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Sounds similar to "Loyalty is its own Reward" and makes me hold some hope out for our rules when we finally get them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shabbadoo Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Glory is as nothing when stood next to silent conviction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaz431 Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 I wonder if he said that as he was being choked to death by Curze. Would seem pitiful as his last dying words. I also find it interesting that Lion could not find midnight on his own ship. Or how he allowed midnight onto the throne world of the Ultramarines. And some would call him a tactical genius. Bah! He was tricked into fighting alongside a brother against one better brother. He was DEFINATELY not "spitting defiance in midnight's eye" then. Poor deluded fools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaplain Lucifer Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 I wonder if he said that as he was being choked to death by Curze. Would seem pitiful as his last dying words. I also find it interesting that Lion could not find midnight on his own ship. Or how he allowed midnight onto the throne world of the Ultramarines. And some would call him a tactical genius. Bah! He was tricked into fighting alongside a brother against one better brother. He was DEFINATELY not "spitting defiance in midnight's eye" then. Poor deluded fools. And your point besides trying to start a flame war is... ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaz431 Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Ave Dominus Nox. We all have a legion that we favor on here. Being a fan does not constitute a war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaplain Lucifer Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 It does when it comes into a DA thread bashing the DA primarch without provocation. A thread solely dedicated to give cool quotes from Lion El'Jonson. Someone might take offense and the thread is de-railed for nothing with the ensuing flame war or jib-jab exchange of " my primarch is better than yours". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaz431 Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Fair enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frater Cornelius Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Inspiring :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isiah Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 I find it a little sad. Maybe it's the overblown pathos at work there. So we fight on alone with no friends ... yes very uplifting I'm sure <_< Is he referring to the Astartes in general or Dark Angels, specifically? There is no context. Frankly that kind of schoolboy 'heroic' output has always left me cold. I await my invite to Chamber 42 for correction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prot Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 I don't know what book "Conquest 4" is, but these are strong words of guidance. However I shall bend this to my own needs by replacing 'Field of Victory' with "Staff lunchroom" and "Midnight's Eye" with "My boss's Eye". Thank you Mr.Lion for permission to spit on my boss! Booyaaa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conn Eremon Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Conquest is the 4th Horus Heresy sourcebook put out by Forge World, after Betrayal, Massacre and Extinction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoebus Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Very apropos quote! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simison Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 I like. Thanks for the share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scribe Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Similar in theme to another quote, paraphrasing "Who are we alone, in the dark". Not sure where it comes from though. Will be interesting to see where DA go over the next stretch of FW/BL Heresy books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shabbadoo Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 I find it a little sad. Maybe it's the overblown pathos at work there. So we fight on alone with no friends ... yes very uplifting I'm sure Is he referring to the Astartes in general or Dark Angels, specifically? There is no context. Frankly that kind of schoolboy 'heroic' output has always left me cold. I await my invite to Chamber 42 for correction. Welcome to Chamber 42, literary analysis division. First off, no context is required, as this qutoe is one that regards the general ideology of The Lion, and has nothing to do with any particular event. It is really about what being a servant of the Imperium means. The quote: "The measure of true glory is not to give battle in the bright moon of war, surrounded by brave comrades upon the field of victory, but to valiantly fight on alone in the darkness, with no hope of aid or even remembrance, and to spit defiance in Midnight's eye." Let me translate "True glory is not about fighting in plain view of others who can see the obvious awesomeness of what you are already expected to be doing, but to fight against Evil without the expectation or even hope that help will come, or that you will be remembered, or that anyone will ever know what you have done or have sacrificed." In other words, only the vainglorious seek acknowledgement for accomplishing what is expected of them. The simple act of doing what is expected of you, no matter how hopeless it seems, and without anybody ever knowing that you have done it, is the measure of true glory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isiah Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Thanx for the translation - I might not have understood it otherwise <_<. Doesn't alter my personal opinion on that type of GW writng. I don't like it - too stilted - whoever spouted it ;) Cheers I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZONKEY Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Kind of reminds me of the end of the dark knight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depthcharge12 Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Loyalty is it's own reward <33333 #WeStillLoveYouADB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augustus Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Wouldn't it be awesome if that it was a jab at Horus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarKnight Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Wouldn't it be awesome if that it was a jab at Horus? Knowing the Lion, it probably was a jab at him or Guilliman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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